thoughts, words, deeds

random uses for a drinking straw

Since Fivesixer ☮ likes facts on Fridays, let's give him 11 uses for a drinking straw except drinking that's too dang easy.

I'm not sure I can come up with eleven--but here goes.

1. Blowing spit wads at other people.
2. Pea shooter.
3. Bracelet.
4. Coaster (this requires some twisting and possibly some kind of fastener.
5. Something to keep the eight-eighteen month old quiet in a restaurant before the food actually gets there.
6. Sculptural component. Especially when bored at a restaurant.
7. Emergency hair tie (it would have to be an extreme emergency)
8. A thing to wind yarn around for color work.
9. A shuttle for weaving (the thing that passes back and forth between the warp trailing yarn in its wake)
10. A thing to wind the copper bits of piano wire around when trying to reduce a replacement wire so that it fits in the appropriate place. Toothpicks are also good for this use.
11, Flagpole for the toy castle.

Hey, maybe I can think of eleven.